How do you manage the tension. How do you decide when you should lead and when you follow just the desires of the community you represent? Well, When you're a public official, whether you're appointed or whether you're elected, it's your job to serve the residents of Los Angeles. Whatever the case is, that's your job. Your job as a professor, I would imagine, is to serve your students. Right. (11:31–11:41)
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Asserts that public officials' primary duty is to serve Los Angeles residents.
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